Ayeka's Heart

Book Details

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Author(s):

Hitoshi Okuda

First Pub:

2000

Genre(s):

Graphic Novel; Manga

First Read:

2004

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 10

1 - Promise

2 - Closure

3 - Hard Times

4 - Fissured

5 - Dread

6 - Memory

7 - Sacrifice

8 - Exhaustion

Word - A Word from the Artist

Gallery - Image Gallery

Internal ID:

1329

Series:

The Quest for More Money
No Need for Endings

No Need for Tenchi!*

#11 of 12

No Need for Tenchi!*

This is a series of graphic novels reprinting the English translations of Tenchi manga.

View this series in the book list

1) No Need for Tenchi!
2) Sword Play
3) Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
4) Samurai Space Opera
9) The Quest for More Money
11) Ayeka's Heart
12) No Need for Endings

Copyright:

First Sentence:

None on file

Last Sentence:

None on file

Comments:

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Added: 04-Aug-2006

Last Updated: 24-Apr-2020

01-Jan-2002

Viz

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-2002

Cover Price:

$15.95

Pages*:

184

Read:

Once

Internal ID:

1399

Publisher:

Viz

ISBN:

1-569-31709-7

ISBN-13:

978-1-569-31709-9

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Fred Burke - Adaptation
Hitoshi Okuda - Illustrator
Lillian Olsen - Translator
Hidemi Sahara - Cover Design

VIZ GRAPHIC NOVEL

NO NEED FOR TENCHI!
Science fiction comedy based on the anime series from Pioneer, as seen on the Cartoon Network! It all started when high school student Tenchi freed the alien pirate Ryoko from her captivity on Earth. Soon enough, her friends and enemies showed up: alien princess Ayeka, mad scientist Washu, ditzy space cop Mihoshi... Surrounded by beautiful, feuding alien women, poor Tenchi is either the luckiest or the most miserable boy on Earth!

184 PAGES OF HEARTBREAK!
When her childhood nanny lies dying, Mihoshi remembers the one thing the old woman always wanted: "I want to see you in your wedding dress one day!" The next thing she knows, she's rushing off to nanny's bedside with her "fiancé" Tenchi at her side, and Ryoko and Ayeka are in a panic! Then, Ayeka mysteriously vanishes on the day of a strange earthquake, only to return as a ruthless killer! Can her old friends undo her amnesia and turn her back to the way she was, or will this volume contain a wedding - and a funeral?!

This is a delightful series with a lot to recommend it. First and foremost are the characters who are uniformly attractive and who are surprisingly deep for people who inhabit the crazy Tenchi universe... populated with all kinds of weird and wonderful ideas... No Need for Tenchi! is a first-class comedy-drama science fiction series... Highly recommended."
- D. Aviva Rothchild, www.rationalmagic.com

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Notes and Comments:

01-Jan-2002
Viz

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Author(s)

Hitoshi Okuda
Birth: 15 Aug 1963 Daisen, Akita Prefecture, Japan

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